nflbob

Another example of Amazon (They own WOOT) taking advantage of peoples ignorance. HEY PEEPS... spend an extra $45 and get yourself a nice AppleTV. Or, you could get a pretty cool AmazonFireTV but then Amazon will get you again because to make it worthwhile you have to have Amazon Prime ($79, soon to be $99 a year.) Remember, WOOT does NOT offer refunds on broke pieces of crap when they sell out, so you'll be hosed if it breaks. Loved the old WOOT, not so happy since Amazon took over!

mrjoewood

nflbob wrote:Another example of Amazon (They own WOOT) taking advantage of peoples ignorance. HEY PEEPS... spend an extra $45 and get yourself a nice AppleTV. Or, you could get a pretty cool AmazonFireTV but then Amazon will get you again because to make it worthwhile you have to have Amazon Prime ($79, soon to be $99 a year.) Remember, WOOT does NOT offer refunds on broke pieces of crap when they sell out, so you'll be hosed if it breaks. Loved the old WOOT, not so happy since Amazon took over!

I can't speak to the quality of the refurbs, or to how Woot deals with issues with them, but the Roku devices are fantastic. The Roku 2 here is as fast as an Apple TV and has more channel choices. It's a lot slower than the Kindle Fire TV, but it has more channel choices. In the end, unless you need iTunes content or Google Play content, the Roku will give you all the streaming options any of the other streamers will give - plus more.

I've got them all - ATV, Chromecast, Rokus of various versions, Fire TV. My go-to is almost always a Roku, and the headphone jack is quite useful if there's ever a time you want to watch TV around someone who doesn't want to have to listen to it.

sracer

nflbob wrote:Another example of Amazon (They own WOOT) taking advantage of peoples ignorance. HEY PEEPS... spend an extra $45 and get yourself a nice AppleTV. Or, you could get a pretty cool AmazonFireTV but then Amazon will get you again because to make it worthwhile you have to have Amazon Prime ($79, soon to be $99 a year.) Remember, WOOT does NOT offer refunds on broke pieces of crap when they sell out, so you'll be hosed if it breaks. Loved the old WOOT, not so happy since Amazon took over!

bah. I own both an AppleTV2 and Roku3... the Roku3 is hands-down the thing that "just works".

Even in an all-Apple household, the multiple AppleTV devices we have can't reliably access media from other Apple devices on our home network.

Not to mention that AppleTV, like every other Apple device, is locked down with regard to channels.

There are plenty of channels available for the Roku. Many are junk, but even after weeding those out there are many, many more quality channels out there than the ones Apple allows to be listed.

headphone jack in the remote... THAT is terrific.

As for the FireTV, another locked down solution for those who need to have their "brand names" match.

richbutler1

Breathinlady wrote:Humm......just sent back the one I received DOA Saturday! Woot said they could NOT replace out of stock and now we have it in a Woot OFF! There goes someones honesty.

Known issues folks have pairing remote during setup. Use fresh batteries and hit the button inside battery cover for 5 seconds to pair if you haven't tried already and the unit itself wasn't truly DOA. Maybe this will help.

richbutler1

If you will never need a wired connection and love Plex, this is the unit for you. I personally like the rock steady performance of wired Roku 3, but others may not need that. Love them. Got the Amazon Fire TV recently as well and the thing is purring like a champ. I like the voice seach, but wish it was in Plex too

nflbob

sracer wrote:bah. I own both an AppleTV2 and Roku3... the Roku3 is hands-down the thing that "just works".

Even in an all-Apple household, the multiple AppleTV devices we have can't reliably access media from other Apple devices on our home network.

Not to mention that AppleTV, like every other Apple device, is locked down with regard to channels.

There are plenty of channels available for the Roku. Many are junk, but even after weeding those out there are many, many more quality channels out there than the ones Apple allows to be listed.

headphone jack in the remote... THAT is terrific.

As for the FireTV, another locked down solution for those who need to have their "brand names" match.

I can totally agree with your AppleTV post and Roku3... But this is a ROKU "2" REFURB. Amazon is simply taking advantage of people when the ROKU 3 can be bought as refurb for around $65.

However, I stopped buying ROKU products after buying a ROKU 1, and then ROKU 2. Both products stopped working after 3 months and their tech support SUCKS! I refuse to buy from a company that continually sells substandard equipment. That fact is echoed with the endless offerings of REFURBISHED products on every "1 sale a day" site out there. Build a quality product that doesn't fail and I'll be back.

nflbob

mrjoewood wrote:I can't speak to the quality of the refurbs, or to how Woot deals with issues with them, but the Roku devices are fantastic. The Roku 2 here is as fast as an Apple TV and has more channel choices. It's a lot slower than the Kindle Fire TV, but it has more channel choices. In the end, unless you need iTunes content or Google Play content, the Roku will give you all the streaming options any of the other streamers will give - plus more.

I've got them all - ATV, Chromecast, Rokus of various versions, Fire TV. My go-to is almost always a Roku, and the headphone jack is quite useful if there's ever a time you want to watch TV around someone who doesn't want to have to listen to it.

I appreciate that but I've been burned twice by ROKU. Like the similar post to ???? I think what you are missing is that Amazon's sales practices are in question. This is a ROKU "2" REFURB. Amazon is simply taking advantage of people when the ROKU 3 can be bought as refurb for around $65.

However, I stopped buying ROKU products after buying a ROKU 1, and then ROKU 2. Both products stopped working after 3 months and their tech support SUCKS! I refuse to buy from a company that continually sells substandard equipment. That fact is echoed with the endless offerings of REFURBISHED products on every "1 sale a day" site out there. Build a quality product that doesn't fail and I'll be back.

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nflbob

nflbob wrote:I appreciate that but I've been burned twice by ROKU. Like the similar post to ???? I think what you are missing is that Amazon's sales practices are in question. This is a ROKU "2" REFURB. Amazon is simply taking advantage of people when the ROKU 3 can be bought as refurb for around $65.

However, I stopped buying ROKU products after buying a ROKU 1, and then ROKU 2. Both products stopped working after 3 months and their tech support SUCKS! I refuse to buy from a company that continually sells substandard equipment. That fact is echoed with the endless offerings of REFURBISHED products on every "1 sale a day" site out there. Build a quality product that doesn't fail and I'll be back.

Burn me once - █████ on you
Burn me twice - █████ on me
Burn me three times ---- I'm an █████!

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